If you use playchess.com, read this.

When I save my games as pgn files they are not being read properly by the chess viewer. The reason is possibly that the chess viewer does not like "{" at the end of a line. A typical pgn file from playchess.com looks something like this:

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bg7 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. e4 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]
}

It would be much nicer if it looked like this instead:

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]}

Or, even better, without the comments:

1. d4 g6
2. c4 Bg7
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. e4 d6
5. Nf3 O-O

Here is a javascript to remove the comments and get a line break after every move. To use it, copy the content of the pgn file to the left box (an example file), click Translate, and the translation appears in the right window.

Email me at jannordgreen at gmail dot com if you have any questions.

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